Framer Review 2026: $10 Sites, $20 Editor Seats

Framer is a no-code website builder with built-in AI agents, best suited to designers, freelancers and startups who want a polished marketing site without writing code. It has a free plan, paid site plans start at $10 a month billed yearly or $15 month to month (checked 12 November 2026), and I score it 6.5 out of 10. The design earns most of that score; the bill loses it, because you pay per site, an extra editor costs more than the site, AI credits expire monthly and the refund rules depend on which Framer page you read.

Disclosure: I don’t earn a commission from Framer. It runs an affiliate program that pays 50% of a referred subscription for 12 months, but I haven’t joined it, and every Framer link on this page is a plain link.

Framer, scored

The short version for busy readers

Measure	My reading
Time	An AI draft in one prompt, then hours of hand-tuning
Cost	Free plan; Basic $10 a month yearly or $15 monthly; Pro $30 or $45; extra editors $20 a month each
Output	Hosted, responsive marketing sites with CMS and animation; no code export
Real earning path	Building small websites for local businesses and transferring them to the client’s account
Overall	6.5/10

Sign up or skip?

Sign up if you design for a living, want a marketing site that looks custom, and will run one or two sites with you as the only editor. Basic on yearly billing is cheap for what it hosts.

Skip it if you need an online shop, code you can host elsewhere, several editors on a tight budget, or a company that answers support tickets quickly.

How I researched Framer, with four scores

I haven’t built a paid client site on Framer, so this is a research review, not a hands-on test. On 12 November 2026 I read Framer’s pricing page, help articles, terms, refund and affiliate policies and blog, plus Trustpilot, G2, Capterra, four pricing trackers and rival plan pages. The cost tables are my own arithmetic.

Area	Score	Reason
Ease of use	7/10	G2 reviewers praise ease of use most often, but Capterra users rate it 3.7 out of 5 and mention a steep learning curve
Output quality	8/10	Sites look custom, animations are strong, and Framer hosts 4 million published sites
Value for money	6/10	$10 a month is low, but monthly billing costs 50% more, seats add up and credits don’t roll over
Trust and support	5/10	Trustpilot 1.6 with no replies to negative reviews, and refund wording that contradicts itself
Overall	6.5/10	Average of the four

If a price or rule here has changed, tell me through the contact page and I’ll correct it.

Is Framer free?

Yes, you can build and publish a site for free, but only on a framer.website address with a “Made in Framer” banner and 1 GB of bandwidth. It allows 1,000 pages, 10 CMS collections and three editors, plenty for learning. A custom domain needs a paid plan.

The free AI allowance is muddier. The pricing page says 500 credits a month, a help article says 500 “to try Agents”, and PricingSaaS logged a switch to a one-time 500-credit trial on 3 August 2026. Plan for 500 in total.

How much does Framer cost per month?

Basic costs $10 a month and Pro $30 a month on yearly billing, and each plan covers one site. Framer’s pricing page showed those two figures on 12 November; PricingSaaS, which checked on 11 November, lists the month-to-month prices as $15 and $45.

Plan	Yearly billing	Monthly billing	Main limits
Free	$0	$0	framer.website subdomain, banner, 1 GB bandwidth
Basic	$10/mo ($120 a year)	$15/mo	Custom domain, 30 pages, 2 CMS collections, 1,000 CMS items, 50 GB, 1,000 AI credits a month
Pro	$30/mo ($360 a year)	$45/mo	150 pages, 10 collections, 2,500 CMS items, 100 GB, 3,000 AI credits, staging
Enterprise	Quote	Quote	Unlimited editors, custom limits

Checked 12 November 2026. Monthly prices from PricingSaaS (11 November); Siter.io, Dupple and UsagePricing also list $10 and $30 as the yearly rates.

Yearly billing saves a third on both plans, and it pays off from the eighth month: eight monthly Basic payments come to $120, the same as a year upfront. Pro limits can be raised ($20 per extra 100 pages, $40 per 100 GB of bandwidth), and localisation costs $20 per locale.

Why an extra editor costs more than the site

The workspace owner and viewers are free, but each additional editor is $20 a month and a content-only editor is $10, and Framer’s billing article says editors are charged monthly even on yearly plans.

Setup	Cost over 12 months
Basic yearly, owner only	$120
Basic yearly plus one content editor	$240
Basic yearly plus one full editor	$360
Pro yearly plus two full editors	$840

My calculation from Framer’s pricing and billing pages, 12 November 2026.

One full editor triples the cost of a Basic site, which is a good reason for freelancers to transfer finished sites rather than invite clients in.

Watercolor wireframe sketches of several website page layouts laid out side by side — Photo: Hal Gatewood on Unsplash

What do Framer’s AI credits actually buy?

About three AI-generated landing pages a month on Basic, going by Framer’s own estimates. Its plans announcement put a generated landing page at about 300 credits and a small edit at about 50 on the old default model.

Plan	Credits a month	Landing pages (~300 each)	Small edits (~50 each)
Free	500	1, plus about 4 small edits	10
Basic	1,000	3	20
Pro	3,000	10	60

My calculation. Framer says it cut credit use on multi-step builds by up to 67% when GPT-5.6 Terra became the default (21 July 2026), so these are upper-end estimates.

Plan credits don’t roll over, and top-up credits expire at the end of the calendar month you buy them in, so buying extra on the 28th is poor value. At 100%, agent features pause until the reset. Basic and Pro get double credits in the first month, so do the heavy AI building then.

Can you get a refund from Framer?

Usually, if you ask within 7 days of your first purchase (14 days in the EU and Turkey), according to Framer’s refund policy updated 15 September 2026. Unused time isn’t refunded after cancelling, and credit or bandwidth add-ons can’t be refunded once any part is used.

The small print doesn’t fully agree with itself. The same policy’s FAQ mentions “the 14-day period” without limiting it to the EU, and the terms of service (version 1.8, effective 16 June 2026) say in section 13.1 that fees are non-refundable. Ask in writing before day seven.

Who owns a site you build on Framer, and can you leave?

You own your content, but you can’t take the site with you as code. Section 7.3 of the terms says the customer “retains full ownership” of its content, while Framer’s help centre states plainly that it doesn’t offer HTML export for self-hosting.

For client work, the terms forbid account sharing (2.2) and running the service as a “service bureau or outsourcing” arrangement (2.5(d)). Framer’s answer is project transfer, where the client accepts the project and pays for the site plan. The contract is with Framer B.V. under Dutch law; I’m not a lawyer, so check your own contracts.

Why Trustpilot gives Framer 1.6 while G2 gives 4.5

Because they hear from different people. On 12 November 2026 Trustpilot showed 1.6 out of 5 from 152 reviews, 78 of them in the past year, with 76% one-star and 13% five-star; Framer hadn’t replied to negative reviews. Reviews from 6 to 31 October 2026 complain about bot-only support, AI credit charges, refunds and fiddly responsive controls.

G2 shows 4.5 out of 5 from 157 reviews, with ease of use (39 mentions) the top praise and missing features (10) and price (9) the main gripes. Capterra shows 4.3 from 33 reviews (ease of use 3.7, customer service 3.8), though many date from 2018 and 2019.

Framer itself is well funded: a $100 million Series D at a $2 billion valuation in 2025, led by Meritech and Atomico, and 188,000 companies on the platform by its 3.0 launch on 18 June 2026.

A person working on a MacBook Pro at a table, editing a website — Photo: path digital on Unsplash

What works and what grates

Works

Sites that look designed, not templated
Basic at $10 a month yearly includes hosting and a custom domain
AI agents can draft pages, write SEO metadata and audit links
Clean project transfer for client handover
Useful free plan for learning and drafts

Grates

Priced per site, with editor seats billed monthly on top
AI credits expire monthly and top-ups expire at month end
No HTML export, so you can’t self-host
Refund rules differ between the policy and the terms
Trustpilot users describe slow, bot-first support

Is Webflow, Squarespace or Bolt.new a better fit?

Webflow for deeper CMS control, Squarespace for owners who edit their own site, Bolt.new for prompt-built code. Framer is cheapest of the four on yearly billing and freest on design.

Tool	Entry price (checked 12 November 2026)	Free option	Best for
Framer	Basic $10/mo yearly, $15 monthly	Yes, subdomain with banner	Design-led marketing sites
Webflow	Basic site plan $15/mo billed yearly; Premium $25; full seats $39/mo	Yes, Starter	CMS-heavy sites and larger teams
Squarespace	Basic $19/mo yearly or $25 monthly	14-day trial, no card	Owners who edit their own site
Bolt.new	Pro $25/mo billed monthly, 10M tokens	Yes, 1M tokens a month	Prompt-built apps and pages with real code

My Bolt.new review covers its tokens. For funnels, see the Systeme.io review; for simple sites made alongside social graphics, the Canva review.

My call on Framer

Framer is one of the nicest ways to put a good-looking marketing site online, and Basic on yearly billing is fair value for a single site with a single editor. The score drops on everything around the canvas: seats billed monthly, expiring credits, no code export, contradictory refund wording and a worrying support record. Build on the free plan, and pay yearly only when the site is ready to launch.

Turning Framer skills into client work

The most practical route is building small sites for local businesses and handing them over. My earning guide covers prices from Fiverr and Contra, a worked month and the terms that matter.

Read the Framer earning guide

Framer questions readers ask

Is Framer free?

Yes, Framer has a free plan. It publishes to a framer.website subdomain with a Framer banner and 1 GB of bandwidth, and a custom domain needs a paid plan.

How much does Framer cost per month?

$10 a month for Basic or $30 for Pro, billed yearly, per site. Month to month, PricingSaaS lists $15 and $45 (checked 11 November 2026), and extra editors cost $20 a month each.

Can I export my Framer site code?

No, Framer doesn’t offer HTML export for self-hosting. Your site stays on Framer’s hosting, though you can connect your own domain on a paid plan.

Do Framer AI credits roll over?

No, plan credits reset each billing cycle. Extra credits you buy expire at the end of the calendar month you bought them in.

Does Framer give refunds?

Yes, within 7 days of the first purchase, or 14 days in the EU and Turkey, under its refund policy. Used credits and bandwidth add-ons aren’t refundable, and the terms of service call fees non-refundable, so confirm with support quickly.

Is Framer better than Webflow?

For design-led marketing sites on a budget, often yes; for heavy CMS work and big teams, Webflow is stronger. Framer Basic is $10 a month billed yearly against $15 for Webflow’s Basic site plan.

Can I use Framer to build websites for clients?

Yes, and Framer’s own guide shows how to transfer a finished project to the client. The client then picks and pays for the site plan, which keeps you clear of the terms’ ban on account sharing.

Update log: 12 November 2026: first published, with prices checked that day.

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